Harford County Could Open 5 Debris Drop-off Sites

While the Harford County government Main Street headquarters and the emergency operations center are both without power Sunday night, officials are scrambling to open as many as five debris drop-off sites this week.

In addition to the Scarboro Landfill in Street and reopening the Tollgate Road yard trim and drop-off center Monday, three additional locations may be announced this week, a spokesman for the county said. The additional sites would be restricted to “" to help with cleanup from .

Bob Thomas, management assistant for County Executive David Craig, said the emergency operations center has been generator-powered for most of the last 24 hours. Those issues and a number of downed trees and wires across the county led to the closure of county government offices Monday.

“We have at this point approximately 94 roads that are blocked or partially blocked,” said Thomas, who added that about half of BGE’s 100,000 Harford County customers are still without power.

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For more information on any non-emergency cleanup questions, residents should call Harford County Rumor Control at 410-838-5800.

Craig plans to hold an 11 a.m. press conference Monday after touring “some of the hardest hit areas in the county to make an assessment on damages,” Thomas said.